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The calls for Eric Shinseki to resign are getting deafening, but the Veterans Affairs secretary doesn't sound like a man on the edge in an op-ed posted this morning at USA Today. Shinseki writes that yesterday's revelations "are reprehensible to me and to this department, and we are not waiting to set things straight." He says he's ordered health officials to contact all 1,700 of the veterans that were left off official waiting lists and get them "the care they need and deserve."

Democrats are increasingly joining the Republican chorus calling for Shinseki's head, Politico reports, with more than a dozen publicly doing so by last night. "Clearly, there is a systemic problem that this leadership has not been addressing," Al Franken said in a statement, according to the Wall Street Journal. So far President Obama has voiced only support for Shinseki, though Jay Carney says that Obama found yesterday's report "extremely troubling."

Obama is just not a good president. He doesn't care what anybody thinks of him and he is a harden socialist liberal. Everything he touches turns into waste.

I'm Your Huckleberry

May 29, 2014 2:29 PM CDT

The economy shrunk at 1% first qtr. FYI, libtards. I don't think any liberal media will talk about that. Also, I wonder if Obama knows about this VA scandal yet? If not, I'm sure he'll catch it on the news tonight. I don't think any of his shows come on thursday nights.

justreading1

May 29, 2014 1:57 PM CDT

Does everyone really think Secretary Shinseki is "controlling" every VA hospital? Think again. His office may provide directives, but did the management below him follow those directives? What needs to happen is during this audit that is taking place now, find out who is at fault at each hospital and take the appropriate action to those individuals.